KANSAS GEOLOGICAL SOCIETY BULLETIBULLETI NN Volume 85 Number 2 March—April 2010 Established 1925 IN THIS ISSUE OUTCROP ANALOG OF MISSISSIPPIAN (OSAGEAN) TRIPOLITE RESERVOIRS IN SOUTH-CENTRAL KANSAS Profile: S.W. Mazzullo & B. Wilhite William Clark Page 25 Memorials: C. C. Van Buskirk Gordon Cox Ron Mercer John Stone Don Strong Peter Stubbs Photos from Banquet 1 2 Table of Contents Features: Profile William Clark ……………………………………………………………… 14 Memorials …………………………………………………………………... 18 OUTCROP ANALOG OF MISSISSIPPIAN (OSAGEAN) TRIPOLITE RESERVOIRS IN SOUTH- CENTRAL KANSAS, S.J. Mazzullo & B.W. Wilhite ………………………. 25 Departments & Columns: KGS Tech Talks ………………………………..….…..….…….4 President’s Letter ………………………………….….………..7 From the Manager……………………………….……………... 9 KGS Board Minutes …….……………………………………...17 Advertiser’s Directory ………………………….………..…….21 Professional Directory ………………………….………..23& 24 Exploration Highlights ………………………………...…….... 30 Kansas Geological Foundation …………………….…...….…..32 KGF Memorials………………………………………..…..........34 ON THE COVER: A very nice shot of Devil’s Tower in Wyoming submitted by Sal Mazzullo Devils Tower rises 1267 feet above the Belle Fourche River. Once hidden, erosion has revealed Devils Tower. Also known as Bears Lodge, it is a sacred site for many American Indians. President Theodore Roosevelt proclaimed Devils Tower the first national monument in 1906. CALL FOR PAPERS The Kansas Geological Society Bulletin, which is published bimonthly both in hard-copy and electronic format, seeks short papers dealing with any aspect of Kansas geology, including petroleum geology, studies of producing oil or gas fields, and outcrop or conceptual studies. Maximum printed length of papers is 5 pages as they appear in the Bulletin, including text, references, figures and/or tables, and figure/table captions. Inquiries regarding manuscripts should be sent to Technical Editor Dr. Sal Mazzullo at [email protected] , whose mailing address is Department of Geology, Wichita State University, Wichita, Kansas 67260. Specific guidelines for manuscript submission appear in each issue of the Bulle- tin, which can also be accessed on-line at the Kansas Geological Society web site at http://www.kgslibrary.com 3 SOCIETY Technical Meetings Spring 2010 Feb. 2—Dr. Tony Walton’s KU Petroleum Class Feb. 16—Rick Fritz—AAPG— “Great American Carbonate Bank” Feb. 23—Dr. Gene Rankey—”Morphodynamics and Depositional Heterogeneity of Bahamian Holocene Ooid Shoals” Mar. 2—Larry Richardson— “Herd Viola Pool” ( Abstract page 16) Mar. 16—David Rensink—President-Elect AAPG - “Crude Oil and Natural Gas – Where do we get it, how do we use it, and what can we say about the future? (Abstract page 8) Mar. 23—Will Gilliland— “Development of Kansas, the Land and the State” Mar. 30—Drs. Susan W. and James Aber— “Legacy of Mining: Aerial Photography in Southeastern Kansas and Northeastern Oklahoma” (Abstract page 8) Apr. 6—Dr. James Puckette, Oklahoma State Apr. 20 - Jean Lemmon, Tulsa— “TBA” Apr. 27—Dr. Robert Goldstein— “What’s New In Carbonate Diagenesis: What We Thought We Knew and Where We’re Going” (Abstract page 10) May 4—John Mitchell, - “Horizontal Drilling of Deep Granite Wash Reservoirs in the Anadarko Basin of Oklahoma and Texas” ( Abstract page 10) May 11—Shane Matson— “Exploitation of the Mississippi Chat Using Horizontal Well Bores in Osage County, OK” May 18—Larry Richardson’s WSU Class Location for Technical Meetings All KGS technical presentations are held at 12:30 p.m. at the Wichita Bar Association , located at 225 N. Market , ground floor conference room, unless otherwise noted. Note: For those geologists who need 30 points to renew their licenses, there will be a sign-in sheet at each presentation and also a certificate of attendance . 4 KANSAS GEOLOGICAL SOCIETY BOARD OF DIRECTORS BULLETIN STAFF PRESIDENT PRESIDENT-ELECT Rick Saenger Doug V. Davis EDITOR Sal Mazzullo SECRETARY TREASURER [email protected] (316) 978-7211 Marjorie Noel David Clothier ADVERTISING DIRECTORS ADVISORS Kent Scribner Lynn Watney Jon Callen Stelbar Oil Corp. (316) 264-8378 Robert O’Dell Ernie Morrison Ken Dean PROFILES/MEMORIALS Robert D. Cowdery Consultant (316) 267-9030 EXPLORATION HIGHLIGHTS COMMITTEE CHAIRMEN John H. 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Morrison, III PHONE 316-265-8676 FAX 316-265-1013 Picnic Marjorie Crane-Noel email: [email protected] or Public Relations Robert Cowdery Web: www.kgslibrary.com Shooting Tournament Larry Richardson Technical Program Robert Cowdery LIBRARY MANAGER Ticket Sales Bill Shepherd Rebecca Radford 265-8676 [email protected] The KGS Bulletin is published bi-monthly by the Kansas Geological Society, with offices at 212 North Market, Wichita, Kansas 67202 Copyright 2006, The Kansas Geological A.A.P.G. DELEGATES Society. The purpose of the Bulletin is to keep members informed of the activities of the Society and to encourage the exchange and dissemination of technical information related to the Geological profession. Subscription to the Bulletin is by membership in the Kansas Ernie Morrison Robert Cowdery Doug Davis Geological Society. Limited permission is hereby given by the KGS to photocopy any material appearing in the KGS BULLETIN for the non-commercial purpose of scientific 2010 2010 2011 or educational advancement. The KGS, a scientific society, neither adopts nor supports positions of advocacy, we provide this and other forums for the presentation of diverse opinions and positions. Opinions presented in these publications do not reflect official positions of the Society. 5 CAN YOU NAME THE CRITTER? Sponsored by Trilobite Testing, Inc. Is your paleo up to date? If you know the name of the trilobite, submit your guess via e-mail to [email protected] Remember that Trilobite Testing is sponsoring your efforts, so be sure to thank Paul Simpson the next time you see him. Congratulations to Randy Lilak For correctly guessing the Nov—Dec. trilobite Okay—Randy guessed 2 in a row. Now someone else has to guess this one! Bulletin committee members and PhD’s in Paleontology are prohibited from entering. 6 President’s Letter As I left for work earlier this week, the temperature was 18 degrees and there was snow on the ground, black ice on some of the roads, Washington D.C. buried under a couple of feet of snow, and more on the way. Now there is a foot of snow in Dallas and it is snowing in the Florida Panhandle. If it wasn’t for man-made Global Warming, we would really be in the deep freeze! As I look at the very bimodal age distribution of our membership, I wondered what the society and Library memberships will look like in 5 and 10 years. How many of us will be ac- tively exploring in Kansas at the end of those two timeframes? How many library members might we have? An all member survey has been done well over ten years ago, so it should be beneficial to gather data to help us plan for the future. I will speak more to this survey in the next Bulletin. History has not always been my favorite subject, as Geology and Geophysics have trumped that study, but as I have seen more history throughout my life, I have learned to appre- ciate it more. One of my favorite Technical Talks of last year was by Dr. Norman Hyne, from the University of Tulsa, who titled his lecture ”The Glen Pool Oil Field and the Start of the Oklahoma Oil Boom”. Wichita has a colorful oil history and many companies have been started and grown here, but Tulsa has been the home of most major oil companies and the epitome of what I would call “Oil Opulence” of the era. Since his talk, I have furthered my investigation into the subject. I recently purchased an easily read book, (since it’s just picture and captions - something that I can understand), “Images of America: Tulsa: Oil Capital of the World”, which has many of the pictures shown by Dr. Hyne. The era of which Dr. Hyne spoke was certainly Tulsa’s Golden Age, and the beginning of a rich and interesting history of oilfield lore. I was fortunate enough to be invited to a Christmas function at the Mid Continent Tower in Tulsa. This is a beautiful Tu- dor Gothic building that was built in 1918 by Joshua Cosden as the headquarters for Cosden Oil & Gas Company. It was, at that time, the tallest building in Tulsa. In 1984, twenty more floors were added above the original structure using a cantilever design that blended in with the original building. The large lobby of the building is marble with bronze accents and exhibits four large western paintings. At the end of a large hallway coming off the lobby is a finely detailed bronze sculpture of two roughnecks han- dling pipe tongs on a piece of drill stem held by slips in the rotary table. A stained glass panorama of the Tulsa skyline is also part of the lobby. I think that it would be a fun and interesting field trip for members and spouses (or not) to have a weekend in Tulsa ex- ploring some of the historical and cultural sites of the area. The Gilcrease Museum is a world class museum that displays a large collection of art by Moran, Remington, Russell, Schreyvogel, and others. I would propose an overnight stay at the Mayo Hotel, built in 1925, which has been recently restored and hosted many notable patrons.